Meet the world’s animals.

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• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

  

  A long-necked waterbird known for its showy breeding feathers.

• Sahul Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris

  

  The Sahul Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre) is the current Clements taxon split from the broad Cicadabird. An adult male was recorded along a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in May 2010.

• West Amazonian Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus pastasae

  

  This armadillo occurs in the western Amazon. A 2021 Colombian study describes large knee scales and movable armor bands as identification clues and obtained almost all records in forest along rivers.

• Common Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus

  

  A semiaquatic rodent that lives in wetlands and along waterways in North America.

• Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens

  

  This highland bird has gray-brown plumage, a white eyebrow and belly, and a soft orange wash on the chest. It often searches for food on the ground, and the male's song is another feature.

• Sichuan Takin Budorcas tibetana

  

  The regional account for the Sichuan takin places it in western Sichuan and southern Gansu, China. In Sichuan, records describe seasonal movement between alpine meadows in summer and lower forests in winter.

• Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola

  A wader with mottled plumage that blends into woodland and feeds in nearby fields at night.

• American flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber

  A flamingo of the Caribbean and nearby regions, with long legs and a curved bill.

• Harp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus

  A seal of cold North Atlantic and Arctic waters. It gathers on pack ice during breeding and molting seasons.

• American beaver Castor canadensis

  An animal of North American rivers and lakes. It builds dams and lodges from branches and mud, changing its waterside habitat.

• Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis hypoxantha

  The Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity is a small bird of eastern Madagascar's mountain forests. In breeding plumage, the male has a glossy blue-black back, yellow underparts, and bright eye wattles.

• Ring-tailed Mongoose Galidia elegans

  The ring-tailed mongoose is a carnivorous mammal from Madagascar, notable for the red and black rings on its tail. It is active by day, moving mainly on the ground but also climbing trees.

• Common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos

  A migratory bird breeding in scrubby woodland. Birds breeding in Britain spend winter in West Africa.

• Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

  With striking red-and-black plumage and a large colorful bill, it lives in waterside forests of Southeast Asia.

• Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica

  A freshwater dolphin of river systems in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. It has very poor sight and uses echoes from ultrasonic sounds to locate fish and other prey.

• Brown rat Rattus norvegicus

  A rat widely found around human settlements, using sewers, warehouses, fields and other places with water and food.

• Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis

  This fiscal has gray and black plumage edged with white. It searches for invertebrates by day in dry scrub in eastern Africa.

• Grand Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros grandis

  Surveys in central Vietnam recorded this bat in forests and orchards near limestone areas. The paper says that its taxonomy and distribution still need clarification.

• Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

  A familiar finch in Britain and Ireland. It searches the ground for seeds and insects, and shows white on its wings in flight.

• Vogelkop Scrubwren Aethomyias rufescens

  This small bird has olive-brown upperparts and pale underparts. It inhabits mountain forest and secondary growth in northwestern New Guinea.

• Agile Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus agilis

  The agile gracile opossum is a small marsupial with long digits and a grasping tail. It forages both in trees and on the ground.

• Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus

  A whale with a streamlined body and a dorsal fin set well back. The lower jaw has different colors on each side.

• Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii

  Tristram's Starling is a starling whose orange wing panels stand out in flight. It uses rocky ravines and wadis, feeding on fruit and small animals.

• African Palm Civet Nandinia binotata

  The African palm civet is a nocturnal forest-dwelling mammal of Africa. It eats fruit often, but also takes small animals, making it an omnivore.